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Se from combined conversion-electron and 
-ray spectroscopySmallcombe, J.; Garnsworthy, A. B.*; Korten, W.*; Singh, P.*; Muir, D.*; Pr
chniak, L.*; Ali, F. A.*; Andreoiu, C.*; Ansari, S.*; Ball, G. C.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 110(2), p.024318_1 - 024318_16, 2024/08
被引用回数：0 パーセンタイル：0.00(Physics, Nuclear)In the selenium isotopes various shape phenomena are present, in particular the emergence of a dominant oblate deformation in the most neutron-deficient isotopes has been observed. The scenario of shape coexisting oblate and prolate bands has been proposed across the isotopic chain, with the crossing point of such bands being located near Se, where no coexistence has yet been identified. To determine the presence or absence of any low-lying 
state in Se, confirm the level structure, and interpret the nuclear deformation with theoretical models. A combined internal conversion electron and -ray spectroscopy study was undertaken with the SPICE and TIGRESS spectrometers at the TRIUMF-ISAC-II facility. Nuclear models were provided by the Generalised Triaxial Rotor Model (GTRM) and the collective Generalised Bohr Hamiltonian (GBH). Despite a comprehensive search, no evidence was found for the existence of a state below 2 MeV in Se. Significant discrepancies to the previously established positive parity level scheme were found. GBH calculations using UNEDF1 mass parameters were found to reproduce the revised low-lying level structure well. Se does not have a well defined axial shape. The 2
state at 1601 keV resembles a quasi- excitation rather than a member of a shape coexisting band; the presence of such a band is all but ruled out.
0 transition strength for 
Se using the SPICE spectrometerSmallcombe, J.; Garnsworthy, A. B.*; Korten, W.*; Singh, P.*; Ali, F. A.*; Andreoiu, C.*; Ansari, S.*; Ball, G. C.*; Barton, C. J.*; Bhattacharjee, S. S.*; et al.
Physical Review C, 106(1), p.014312_1 - 014312_9, 2022/07
被引用回数：5 パーセンタイル：64.05(Physics, Nuclear)The selenium isotopes lie at the heart of a tumultuous region of the nuclear chart where shape coexistence effects grapple with neutron-proton pairing correlations, triaxiality, and the impending proton dripline. In this work a study of Se by internal conversion electron and -ray spectroscopy was undertaken with the SPICE and TIGRESS arrays. New measurements of the branching ratio and lifetime of the 
state were performed yielding a determination of 
milliunits. Two state mixing calculations were performed that highlighted the importance of interpretation of such 
strength values in the context of shape-coexistence.
decay; The Case of 
Hg 
TlCarroll, R. J.*; Podoly
k, Zs.*; Berry, T.*; Grawe, H.*; Alexander, T.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Ansari, S.*; Borge, M. J. G.*; Brunet, M.*; Creswell, J. R.*; et al.
Physical Review Letters, 125(19), p.192501_1 - 192501_6, 2020/11
被引用回数：12 パーセンタイル：63.55(Physics, Multidisciplinary)The decay of Hg into the one-proton hole, one neutron-particle 
Tl
nucleus was investigated at CERN-ISOLDE. Shell-model calculations describe well the level scheme deduced, validating the proton-neutron interactions used, with implications for the whole of the 
, 
quadrant of neutron-rich nuclei. While both negative and positive parity states with spin 0 and 1 are expected within the 
window, only three negative parity states are populated directly in the decay. The data provide a unique test of the competition between allowed Gamow-Teller and Fermi, and first-forbidden decays, essential for the understanding of the nucleosynthesis of heavy nuclei in the rapid neutron capture process. Furthermore, the observation of the parity changing 
decay where the daughter state is core excited is unique, and can provide information on mesonic corrections of effective operators.
= 0 selection rule in Gamow-Teller transitions; The -decay of 
HgBerry, T. A.*; Podolyk, Zs.*; Carroll, R. J.*; Lic
, R.*; Grawe, H.*; Timofeyuk, N. K.*; Alexander, T.*; Andreyev, A. N.; Ansari, S.*; Borge, M. J. G.*; et al.
Physics Letters B, 793, p.271 - 275, 2019/06
被引用回数：6 パーセンタイル：48.12(Astronomy & Astrophysics)Gamow-Teller decay is forbidden if the number of nodes in the radial wave functions of the initial and final states is different. This = 0 requirement plays a major role in the decay of heavy neutron-rich nuclei, affecting the nucleosynthesis through the increased half-lives of nuclei on the astrophysical 
-process pathway below both 
= 50 (for 
82) and = 82 (for 126). The level of forbiddenness of the = 1 
1
0
transition has been investigated from the 
decay of the ground state of Hg into the single-proton-hole nucleus Tl in an experiment at the ISOLDE Decay Station. From statistical observational limits on possible -ray transitions depopulating the 
0
state in Tl, an upper limit of 3.9
10
% was obtained for the probability of this decay, corresponding to log
8.8 within a 95% confidence limit. This is the most stringent test of the = 0 selection rule to date.
Se nuclear shapes with SPICE and TIGRESSSmallcombe, J.; Garnsworthy, A. B.*; Korten, W.*; Singh, P.*; Ali, F. A.*; Andreoiu, C.*; Ansari, S.*; Ball, G. C.*; Barton, C. J.*; Bhattacharjee, S. S.*; et al.
no journal, ,
The phenomenon of shape coexistence is prevalent in the Z
34 region, with isotopes of neutron-deficient even Ge, Se and Kr each exhibiting the characteristic low-lying coexisting 0+ bands which display quadrupole deformation different to that of the ground states. In the selenium isotopes, 
Se seem to show a prolate ground structure with shape coexisting oblate excitation, while in 
Se the oblate structure appears to have become the ground state. The exact nature of the low-lying structure Se and any shape coexistence remains uncertain. Combining the Spectrometer for Internal Conversion Electrons (SPICE) with the TIGRESS HPGe Array, a full electron and gamma-ray experimental study of Se, Se was undertaken at the TRIUMF ISAC-II facility to unveil the low-lying structure of these nuclei. Details of the device and experiment will be presented, alongside the experimental results and possible structural interpretations for both isotopes.
